Descripción del proyecto
Nuevas investigaciones para salvar a los polinizadores
Las poblaciones de polinizadores afrontan un declive peligroso y los plaguicidas ensombrecen su papel vital en la reproducción de las plantas. Antes considerados una solución, los plaguicidas agravan el declive. En este contexto, el equipo del proyecto PollinERA, financiado con fondos europeos, pretende revertir esta tendencia manteniendo el delicado equilibrio del ecosistema. Con cuatro objetivos clave, en PollinERA se proponen colmar las lagunas de datos ecotoxicológicos, implantar un sistema de vigilancia conjunta, desarrollar modelos predictivos y adoptar un método basado en sistemas para la evaluación integral de los riesgos. El marco del proyecto amplía su alcance para incluir mariposas, polillas y sírfidos. Los socios expertos del consorcio fomentan la colaboración con organismos europeos. En conjunto, las repercusiones previstas trascienden la investigación sobre la biodiversidad, pues prometen una comprensión profunda de los factores que impulsan el declive de la biodiversidad y una exploración del nexo entre biodiversidad y salud en el ecosistema.
Objetivo
PollinERA aims to reverse pollinator population declines and reduce the harmful impacts of pesticides. It addresses the call through four objectives: SO1 filling ecotoxicological data gaps to enable realistic prediction of the source and routes of exposure and impact of pesticides on pollinators and their sensitivity to individual pesticides and mixtures. SO2 developing and testing a co-monitoring scheme for pesticides and pollinators across European cropping systems and landscapes, developing risk indicators and mixture exposure information. SO3 developing models for predicting pesticide toxicological effects on pollinators for chemicals and organisms, environmental fate, toxicokinetic/toxicodynamic, and population models. SO4 developing a population-level systems-based approach to risk and policy assessment considering multiple stressors and long-term spatiotemporal dynamics at the landscape scale and generating an open database for pollinator/pesticide data and tools.
This will be achieved through developing knowledge and protocols for a broad range of toxicological testing, feeding to in silico models (QSARS, toxicokinetic/toxicodynamic, and population). Using a strong stakeholder co-development approach, these models will be combined in a One System framework taking a systems view on risk assessment and policy evaluation, including an international monitoring program.
The One System framework is based on EFSA’s system ERA view, expanding on the tools used for bees to include butterflies, moths and hoverflies. The consortium partners are experts in the field needed for this development and are well-placed to facilitate the uptake of tools by European bodies to guarantee the project's future impact.
Expected impacts target Destination impacts of better understanding and addressing drivers of biodiversity decline, interconnected biodiversity research using digital technologies, and understanding the biodiversity and health nexus at the ecosystem level.
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